Component-based tool development

Proceedings of the 2008 Frontiers of Software Maintenance, FoSM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 87-98

  Kienle, Holger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MAINTENANCE; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

COMPONENT-BASED DEVELOPMENTS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DO-MAINS; INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS; MAINTENANCE TOOLS; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; SHELF PRODUCTS; SPECIFIC TOOLS; TOOL BUILDINGS; TOOL DEVELOPMENTS; USER INPUTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 57849141307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FOSM.2008.4659252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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